it nearly imploded after it made enormous horrible bets on mortgage investments and nobody inside could have known. gerri willis is with us. the shareholders said too fine but hank greenberg waited to decide whether he would join, saying, wait? >> greenberg was leaving the circus. he wanted $25 billion. >> shep: $25 billion? >> $25 billion because he says the government violated the constitution, the second amendment to avert the crisis for aig, i guess. remember that the government bailed out aig, aig has now paid that loan back as of last month and even putting up ads how great this is. the aig board, he has prevailed there, they refused his demand in its entirety. they will not be a part of the lawsuit. if greenberg goes ahead, he will have to do it on his own. he a major shareholder. remember that greenberg i believe is 85 years old. he used to run the company. he believes that the government rescued the entire financial system by bailing out aig. because of that the company was abused and misused for government purposes and that is illegal under the constitution. you are forecast a